How did your car fare in the latest JD Powers survey?

Just as Auto Spies predicted, Mercedes-Benz has significantly improved their quality issues in the latest survey...

Brand performance

J.D. Power's survey of 2005 car buyers found an industry average of 118 problems reported for every 100 vehicles. Here are the number of problems per 100 vehicles for each brand:

Above average

Lexus 81

Jaguar 88

BMW 95

Buick 100

Cadillac 104

Mercedes-Benz 104

Toyota 105

Audi 106

Infiniti 109

Hummer 110

Hyundai 110

Honda 112

GMC 113

Lincoln 113

Acura 116

Below average

Jeep 120

Mercury 120

Nissan 120

Chrysler 121

Chevrolet 127

Ford 127

Mitsubishi 129

Pontiac 129

Dodge 130

MINI 130

Scion 134

Saab 136

Saturn 136

Subaru 138

Kia 140

Volvo 140

Porsche 147

Volkswagen 147

Land Rover 149

Mazda 149

Suzuki 151

Source: J.D. Power and Associates.

MercBasher - 5/19/2005 11:30:57 PM

+1 Boost

Congratulations to BMW who joined the list of esteemed luxury manufacturers who did better than Mercedes in this test of initial quality.

niktee - 5/20/2005 7:36:51 AM

+1 Boost

Not that I give a damn, but the name is J.D. POWER-NOT J.D. POWERS.